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  1. Fly-eye design advances atmospheric remote sensing

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    Sun, 1 Jul 2001

    sensors. Robert B. Kerr Click here to enlarge image Environmental monitoring of atmospheric regions above the tropopause (at about ..... demonstrated, and has promising application in ground-based environmental sensing (see Fig. 4). Click here to enlarge image Add holographics

  2. Introduction to photodetectors and applications

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    Fri, 1 Dec 2000

    biomedicine, defense, environmental monitoring , and astronomy ..... funded research. Environmental sensing Environmental monitoring today uses a broad ..... Space-based environmental monitoring , both for tracking

  1. SWIR detectors from Sofradir selected for Sentinel 5 Precursor environmental monitoring satellite

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    Wed, 1 Jun 2011

    Châtenay-Malabry, France --The contract to provide shortwave infrared (SWIR) arrays for the Sentinel 5 Precursor mission was awarded to Sofradir.

  2. PHOTONICS APPLIED: ATMOSPHERIC MONITORING: New photonic devices boost environmental monitoring capabilities

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    Sun, 1 Feb 2009

    In our increasingly “green” world, the need for portable and accurate atmospheric monitoring equipment, in which photonics plays a significant role, has expanded as society weighs the environmental effects of toxic chemicals and greenhouse gases.

  3. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING : Distributed temperature sensing aids global-warming studies

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    Fri, 1 Dec 2006

    While many efforts involving optical instrumentation for the monitoring of natural resources have focused on terrestrial and atmospheric studies, a growing number of hydrologic scientists are beginning to experiment with these same technologies to increase their understanding of water bodies ...

  4. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

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    Sun, 1 Dec 1996

    The US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (Vicksburg, MS) has developed an in situ screening system for identifying and quantifying subsurface heavy-metal soil contamination. A three-dimensional (3-D) ma¥is created that estimates and identifies the plume shape and extent of metal ...

  5. FT-IR spectrometers perform environmental monitoring

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    Sat, 1 Apr 1995

    Field-proven FT-IR spectrometers measure atmospheric gas concentrations over a long, open path with u¥to ten parts-per- billion sensitivity.

  6. IR bandpass filters from Edmund Optics for gas analysis applications

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    Mon, 21 Nov 2011

    use in several applications, including environmental monitoring , security and forward-looking infrared ..... 5.3 µm. They are ideal for use in environmental monitoring , security and FLIR applications, and are

  7. Thermo Fisher Scientific acquires laser-based sensing company NovaWave

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    Tue, 9 Feb 2010

    advanced laser-based chemical sensors for environmental monitoring , industrial, and safety applications (see ..... Thermo Fisher’s leadership position in environmental monitoring , process monitoring, and isotopic ratio

  8. Imaging Spectrometers: Imaging spectrometers go commercial

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    Sat, 1 Jul 2006

    complete high-resolution spectrum in every pixel has been around for more than 20 years, enabling advances in environmental monitoring , defense and security, and even medical imaging. Across diverse applications and from the laboratory to spaceborne